Common use of Group Work Clause in Contracts

Group Work.  The group presentation will occur and be assessed on the due date regardless of student absences.  Students who are legitimately absent from group presentations must notify the subject teacher before 9.00am on the due date. An extension will be granted if relevant documentation is provided on the student's return to school (see Extensions).  The student must negotiate a new performance time (to be scheduled within one week of the student's return to school) with the other group members and the class teacher.  Group members who are required to perform their item twice due to forced negotiation will be awarded the 'best' result of their two presentations. AARA are provided to minimise, as much as possible, barriers for a student whose disability, impairment, medical condition or other circumstances may affect their ability to read, respond to or participate in assessment. Barriers are categorised as permanent, temporary or intermittent. The broad application categories consist of cognitive, physical, sensory and social/emotional.  AARA for summative assessment in Applied, Applied (Essential), General, General (Extension), General (Senior External Examination) syllabuses may bwe principal reported or QCAA approved. - Principal reported AARA are specific practical arrangements and adjustments authorised by the principal or principal’s delegate for an eligible student. - QCAA approved AARA are specific adjustment for students undertaking summative internal assessment in Units 3 and 4 of Applied and General subjects and summative external assessment in General, General (Extension) and General (Senior External Examination) subjects.  Students are NOT eligible for AARA on the following grounds: - Unfamiliarity with the English language, teacher absence or teacher related difficulties, avoidable student issues (e.g. misreading an examination timetable, misreading instructions in examinations), matters of the student’s or parent’s/carer’s own choosing (e.g. family holidays) and matters that the school could have avoided (e.g. incorrect enrolment in a subject)  AARA eligibility is designed to minimise, as much as possible, barriers for a student whose disability, impairment, medical condition or other circumstances may affect their ability to read, respond to or participate in assessment. These barriers fall into three broad categories: permanent, temporary, intermittent. The application categories are: cognitive, physical, sensory and social/emotional. Eligibility may be granted for students with a disability which includes physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological and learning disabilities. It also includes physical disfigurement, and the present in the body of disease-causing organisms. Students may also be eligible for AARA where illness and misadventure (i.e. unforeseen circumstances) or other situations may prevent them from demonstrating their learning, knowledge and skill in assessment. The QCAA will also consider applications for certain cultural obligations or personal circumstances. To make an informed decision about an illness and misadventure application to QCAA in order to generate a School statement, a Medical report must be submitted to the school in a timely manner. This is required to include documentation outlined in the QCAA new QCE system. (6.4 Reporting and approving AARA, 6.5 Application and notification processes, 6.5.1 Supporting documentation and 6.5.2 Currency of supporting documentation, 6.6 Illness and misadventure).